Halsey's 'Hopeless Fountain Kingdom' is the World's best-selling Album this week!

Posted on June 19, 2017

American singer/songwriter Halsey has the World's best-selling Album this week with her second studio album 'Hopeless Fountain Kingdom'. The LP scored 146,000 equivalent sales in its first week, 106,000 of it in the US alone, another 9,500 in Canada, 7,100 in the UK and 4,400 in Australia.

Just behind Halsey is Pink Floyd bassist and vocalist Roger Waters with his 5th studio album 'Is This The Life We Really Want?' at No.2 with 137,000 equivalent sales. It's Roger's first studio LP in almost 12 years.

Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' returns to no.3 in its 14th week with 135,000 sales and a total of 5,72 million so far.

'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by the The Beatles is at no.4, due to its special 50th anniversary rerelease, with 129,000 consumption units. The 30th anniversary release ofU2's 'The Joshua Tree', the biggest rock album of the Eighties, soars to no.9 with 62,000 sales.